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Poder K, Wood J, Lopes N, Cole J, Alatabi S, Backhouse M, et al.
Phys Rev Lett . 2024 May; 132(19):195001. PMID: 38804956
Experiments were performed on laser wakefield acceleration in the highly nonlinear regime. With laser powers P<250  TW and using an initial spot size larger than the matched spot size for...
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Hussein A, Senabulya N, Ma Y, Streeter M, Kettle B, Dann S, et al.
Sci Rep . 2020 Jan; 10(1):320. PMID: 31924797
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Kettle B, Gerstmayr E, Streeter M, Albert F, Baggott R, Bourgeois N, et al.
Phys Rev Lett . 2020 Jan; 123(25):254801. PMID: 31922780
Single-shot absorption measurements have been performed using the multi-keV x rays generated by a laser-wakefield accelerator. A 200 TW laser was used to drive a laser-wakefield accelerator in a mode...
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Hussein A, Senabulya N, Ma Y, Streeter M, Kettle B, Dann S, et al.
Sci Rep . 2019 Mar; 9(1):3249. PMID: 30824838
Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) are high acceleration-gradient plasma-based particle accelerators capable of producing ultra-relativistic electron beams. Within the strong focusing fields of the wakefield, accelerated electrons undergo betatron oscillations, emitting a...
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Wood J, Chapman D, Poder K, Lopes N, Rutherford M, White T, et al.
Sci Rep . 2018 Jul; 8(1):11010. PMID: 30030516
Betatron radiation from laser wakefield accelerators is an ultrashort pulsed source of hard, synchrotron-like x-ray radiation. It emanates from a centimetre scale plasma accelerator producing GeV level electron beams. In...
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Streeter M, Kneip S, Bloom M, Bendoyro R, Chekhlov O, Dangor A, et al.
Phys Rev Lett . 2018 Jul; 120(25):254801. PMID: 29979081
We report on the depletion and power amplification of the driving laser pulse in a strongly driven laser wakefield accelerator. Simultaneous measurement of the transmitted pulse energy and temporal shape...
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Cole J, Wood J, Lopes N, Poder K, Abel R, Alatabi S, et al.
Sci Rep . 2015 Aug; 5:13244. PMID: 26283308
A bright μm-sized source of hard synchrotron x-rays (critical energy Ecrit > 30 keV) based on the betatron oscillations of laser wakefield accelerated electrons has been developed. The potential of...
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Najmudin Z, Kneip S, Bloom M, Mangles S, Chekhlov O, Dangor A, et al.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci . 2014 Jan; 372(2010):20130032. PMID: 24470414
Advances in X-ray imaging techniques have been driven by advances in novel X-ray sources. The latest fourth-generation X-ray sources can boast large photon fluxes at unprecedented brightness. However, the large...
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Green J, Ovchinnikov V, Evans R, Akli K, Azechi H, Beg F, et al.
Phys Rev Lett . 2008 Feb; 100(1):015003. PMID: 18232779
Metal foil targets were irradiated with 1 mum wavelength (lambda) laser pulses of 5 ps duration and focused intensities (I) of up to 4x10;{19} W cm;{-2}, giving values of both...
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Lopes N, Figueira G, Silva L, Dias J, Fonseca R, Cardoso L, et al.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys . 2003 Oct; 68(3 Pt 2):035402. PMID: 14524825
A plasma waveguide scheme for high-intensity laser guiding with densities and lengths suitable for laser-plasma particle accelerators is presented. This scheme uses a laser-triggered high-voltage discharge, presents negligible jitter, allows...